Primary "Ousia": An Essay on Aristotle's Metaphysics Z and H

by Michael J. Loux

Preface
Introduction
The Background
Complications
A Framework for Essences
Two Kinds of Substance Predication
Form as Ousia
The Z13 Thesis
The Completed Hierarchy of Essences & Two Problems
Bibliography
Index

Genres: Philosophy, Ancient History

300 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1991

Reviews

[ciel]

A very well-rounded reconstruction/ evaluation. Especially in regards to the essence/species/butformsmustbeparticular debate quite enlightening. I mean, why not

[Justin]

There's some decent work in here, but it's hard to see what the point of this book is. The confusion he reports of his first encounters with these texts seems to still plague him. Despite this, it's a nice survey of the 70's and 80's on Z and H, though some of his reconstructions are too quick for one unfamiliar with the secondary literature he is delving into.